Security Systems Engineer

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By integrating expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management, we deliver holistic, end-to-end solutions that drive efficiency and deliver distinctive outcomes.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to own, architect, and maintain our Microsoft security stack (O365 Sentinel, Defender, Purview) and overall electronic communications and file sharing technology infrastructure. This role will be critical in ensuring our environment remains secure, NIST 800-171 compliant, observable, and scalable. The ideal candidate blends hands‑on engineering, strong security operations experience, and the ability to design and maintain dashboards, reporting, and automation to support security governance, risk, and compliance.

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• Administer and maintain security tooling across the Microsoft environment. Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview (or equivalent Microsoft 365 / Purview data governance tools).
• In conjunction with MSP, manage and optimize security dashboards, alerts, and reporting for threat detection, incident response, and risk metrics. Own vendor response management and success metrics.
• Build and maintain compliance reporting to support NIST 800-171 controls, working with compliance lead and vendors to align technical controls with policy.
• Implement and maintain security tooling (automation, playbooks) to reduce manual work, improve reaction times, and ensure consistency.
• Own change management documentation for all security‑related system changes across our Microsoft cloud environment, including SIEM, endpoint security, identity, and data governance controls.
• Monitor security events, triage alerts, investigate potential incidents, and support remediation efforts in coordination with other MSP. Escalate to Compliance and Ops leads for org messaging and alerts.
• Conduct regular tuning of detection rules, logs, and telemetry to reduce noise and improve coverage.
• Assist MSP in threat hunting, threat modeling, and proactive security assessments.
• Manage data governance and classification via Purview (or equivalent): define and enforce data classification, labeling, retention, and access policies.
• Provide technical oversight for user and endpoint security posture; integrate Defender with identity, endpoint, and cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and test incident response procedures and playbooks with regards to Covered Unclassified Information (CUI).
• Support security best practices for cloud infrastructure, identity management, access control, and data protection.
• Provide training and mentorship to other IT staff on Sentinel, Defender, Purview, and security processes.
• Collaborate with auditors, compliance leads, and external assessors to prepare for assessments (e.g., NIST, CMMC ISO, etc.).
• Stay current on Microsoft security offerings, emerging threats, and best practices, and make recommendations for improvements.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 2–4 years of experience in security operations, systems engineering, or cloud security.
• Hands‑on experience deploying, operating, and maintaining Microsoft…